I’m making plans to protest daily outside my representative’s local office. Rather than appear like a crazy person, which is often the case in NYC, I want to start some political awakening in my neighborhood. I live in a Republican district of the city and my neighborhood is ripe to learn how the GOP is raping this country, removing benefits that many low income people rely on, increasing our taxes, and becoming a Fascist state.
So, does the Lemmy community have any advice? What material should I distribute? Should I read the Constitution ad nauseam?
To the Americans here, I love each and everyone of you and we all deserve a safe and prosperous nation.
To my brothers and sisters worldwide, thank you for reading and for your solidarity.
Get a folding table and print a hundred pamphlets. Make sure they have a call to action on them. It can be a representative’s email address, a link to join a local org, or just the word “vote”.
Make signs so people can tell who you are at a glance. Come up with a catchy name for your movement.
Look up the protest laws in New York. Try to stay on public property or on private property where you’ve been allowed. Be polite to the cops. Don’t give them a reason to think you’re performing violent speech.
No idea how law works where you are. But having a folding table might require some different licencing compared to just standing up and giving pamphlet which in democratic countries is a right.